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orlandoreads's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
dryden's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
brandonadaniels's review
4.0
Decided to check out the first “shonen jump” style “magazine” Hickman et all put out for the Dawn of X Line for my reread of much of the Hickman era. It is a unique format and does show the interconnected nature of the line. However, it also already shows some of the lack of focus that would come to be a major problem for me with the post HoxPox x-line.
boshek's review
adventurous
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
killerklowns's review
4.0
i accidentally read this before hox/pox but anyways gay people are real ❤️
raul3893's review
3.0
X-Men: 2 Stars
Pretty much all set-up, which just was going on a mission and there’s a bad guy that wants to kill mutants so not even a fun set up
Marauders: 4 stars
Really great premise, mutants on a ship that take care of rescuing imprisoned mutants sign me in, I like the characters on the team and overall really fun issue definitely the highlight of the anthology, can’t wait for more
Excalibur: 3 stars
I love the magic aspect, and also that gambit is there, but it was kind of confusing, I’m optimistic it’ll get better
New Mutants: 2.5 stars
Wasn’t quite as boring as x-men but I didn’t care about any of the characters
X-Force: 3.5 stars
Wasn’t great but the series has potential and I’m excited for the rest
Fallen angels: 2 stars
Another issue where I had zero clue what was happening
So overall a little
Pretty much all set-up, which just was going on a mission and there’s a bad guy that wants to kill mutants so not even a fun set up
Marauders: 4 stars
Really great premise, mutants on a ship that take care of rescuing imprisoned mutants sign me in, I like the characters on the team and overall really fun issue definitely the highlight of the anthology, can’t wait for more
Excalibur: 3 stars
I love the magic aspect, and also that gambit is there, but it was kind of confusing, I’m optimistic it’ll get better
New Mutants: 2.5 stars
Wasn’t quite as boring as x-men but I didn’t care about any of the characters
X-Force: 3.5 stars
Wasn’t great but the series has potential and I’m excited for the rest
Fallen angels: 2 stars
Another issue where I had zero clue what was happening
So overall a little
surfmonkey01's review
3.0
I’m basically reusing a review across this series, as it seems to hold as things go on. Overall it’s a bunch of highs and lows. Some books are consistently excellent (Marauders, X-Force, Wolverine, and it looks like X-Factor & Hellions will join that group) while some are middling to mediocre (Excalibur being the worst of the lot, plus Cable being so-so, and the main X-Men book varying in quality from one issue to the next). I’m still reading, so the overall whole is quality, and the whole setting that they’ve established is still unique and intriguing. It’s like a house of cards that we know is doomed to fall eventually, it’s just a question of when and how)
adriancurcher's review
3.0
Collecting issue one of all the new post-House/Powers of X stories in the X-Men Universe, this is a good little tasted of what's to come. I definitely won't be carrying on with all these series, but there's at least half of em I'll probably carry on with. Definitely lots of potential here, but also nothing quite up to the level of House/Powers of X.
toffeeredraider's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
beorn_101's review
1.0
This graphic novel really highlights why I have moved away from reading Super Hero comics at all, and just been reading manga.
Dawn of X intrigued me because I love the X-men, I am not an X-pert (ha), but I have read a decent amount of their stuff, so this title should be at least a little accessible to me.
However, it starts after a major upheaval of mutants getting their own island, which is often creepily described as a sentient paradise. I know nothing about this island, what created it, or why everyone seems to be trusting it so far, but I just sort of have to accept that a move on.
However, Dawn of X follows the opening for several different teams of mutants and I found myself perpetually confused by what was happening, and who these characters were.
There is some sort of conflict between Psylocke and Betsy Braddock, because apparently they aren't the same person? Not sure what is going on there.
Characters who died (many of which I never knew were dead) have been brought back to life.
A flood of named characters and heroes, only a handful I knew, create a confused tangle of a story I found impossible to understand. There is a major death in this volume, but it's barely a blip in the perpetual flood of mutant heroes being showcased, creating next to no emotional impact.
This is why I have largely stopped reading Super Hero comics, they are written assuming I know the previous years of content, often with a encyclopedic knowledge, so they don't both to introduce characters in their volume one. Who is that? Oh that is Captain Britain. What does that mean? No idea. Will it be explained in the actual story? Nope.
Who are these people in space, and who are they trying to rescue? Why should I care about them?
It's frustrating to see what seems to be a X-men "reboot" that is unfollowable by anyone who hasn't been following the franchise closely for the last 5 years. I will be returning the rest of the series to the library, maybe the X-men series will work better as a jumping off point, but at this moment I think I am returning back to manga, where volume 1 actually means the start of something.
Dawn of X intrigued me because I love the X-men, I am not an X-pert (ha), but I have read a decent amount of their stuff, so this title should be at least a little accessible to me.
However, it starts after a major upheaval of mutants getting their own island, which is often creepily described as a sentient paradise. I know nothing about this island, what created it, or why everyone seems to be trusting it so far, but I just sort of have to accept that a move on.
However, Dawn of X follows the opening for several different teams of mutants and I found myself perpetually confused by what was happening, and who these characters were.
There is some sort of conflict between Psylocke and Betsy Braddock, because apparently they aren't the same person? Not sure what is going on there.
Characters who died (many of which I never knew were dead) have been brought back to life.
A flood of named characters and heroes, only a handful I knew, create a confused tangle of a story I found impossible to understand. There is a major death in this volume, but it's barely a blip in the perpetual flood of mutant heroes being showcased, creating next to no emotional impact.
This is why I have largely stopped reading Super Hero comics, they are written assuming I know the previous years of content, often with a encyclopedic knowledge, so they don't both to introduce characters in their volume one. Who is that? Oh that is Captain Britain. What does that mean? No idea. Will it be explained in the actual story? Nope.
Who are these people in space, and who are they trying to rescue? Why should I care about them?
It's frustrating to see what seems to be a X-men "reboot" that is unfollowable by anyone who hasn't been following the franchise closely for the last 5 years. I will be returning the rest of the series to the library, maybe the X-men series will work better as a jumping off point, but at this moment I think I am returning back to manga, where volume 1 actually means the start of something.